ProtoMate for Pi Zero is a breadboard-style prototyping add-on board for Raspberry Pi Zero(or any 40-pin Raspberry Pi), designed to allow you to solder your custom breadboard circuit to a ‘pHAT’ format board – ideal for projects that you want to make more permanent and reliable, moving from loosejumper wires and breadboards to a proper soldered HAT!

The ProtoMate has a breadboard-style soldering area, i.e. the pads/holes are connected in lanes. Some customers prefer this style, and some prefer the disconnected, perfboard-style. If perfboard-style is more your thing,check out the PerfMate for Pi Zero instead.

Plan your circuit and pins (then check it at least twice!), fit your components to the board, then solder them along with any prototyping wire connections. We include a free GPIO header with the ProtoMate Zero, and recommend soldering the header last to make it easier to get to the components from the underside.

Need more room to play? Larger HAT-size version available here!

Raspberry Pi Zero and mounting hardware (standoffs) not included.

Key Features

Our product team spent time considering how to make the most out of such a small board:

Sensible number of IO pins broken out, to balance IO with prototyping space

Useful I2C and serial pins broken out alongside 16 standard GPIO pins

5V, 3.3V and GND broken out(a project won’t get far without these)

ENIG (Gold) PCB plating for oxidation resistance and durability

Cuttable traces between the breadboard-style lanes

A big ol’ REAR SIDE label to remind you which way up to solder the board

M2.5 mounting holes, matching those of the Raspberry Pi Zero

GPIO header included!

Board Layout

Please note: all IO numbers are the GPIO numbers, not the physical pin numbers.

Resources

• Assembly Guide
• A4 Printable Planning Sheet
• STEP file (PCB)

Dimensions

The board follows the same outline and mounting hole size as the Raspberry Pi Zero:

Package Contents

• 1x ProtoMate for Pi Zero PCB
• 1x GPIO Header

Raspberry Pi Zero and mounting hardware (standoffs) not included.